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Smartypants Answers…and Winners

Here are the answers to last night’s Smartypants Quiz. Great job, guys!

Winners are announced below.

1. Which of the following countries is in Central America?
a. Guyana
b. Ecuador
c. El Salvador
d. Suriname

ANSWER: c. El Salvador

2. Name the two most renowned American writers from Massachusetts during the 19th century who were known for their works on nature and Transcendentalism.

ANSWER: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

3. Which of the following are found in the human lungs?
a. alveoli
b. basal ganglia
c. papillae
d. all of the above

ANSWER: a. alveoli

4. What person unsuccessfully attempted to market a brand of beer under his name, during his brother’s American presidency?

ANSWER: Billy Carter

5. Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir are known for being a part of what 19th Century art movement?

ANSWER: Impressionism, or French Impressionist movement

6. What ruthless 13th century ruler presided over the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death?

ANSWER: Genghis Khan

7. Name the renowned Polish composer whose contributions include the invention of the instrumental ballade.

ANSWER: Frédéric Chopin

8. Name the actor who played Gandhii in the 1982 film of the same name?

ANSWER: Ben Kingsley

9. Australia is widely considered a continent rather than an island. What is the world’s largest island? What is the largest island in the continental United States?

ANSWER: Greenland; Long Island

10. If you drive to a beach that is 90 miles away, spend 5 hours at the beach and then drive home, and if the your average driving speed is 45 miles per hour, what is the complete time of your trip that day?
a. 8 hours
b. 9 hours
c. 10 hours
d. 11 hours

ANSWER: b. 9 hours

11. The number of original Shakespeare manuscripts still in existence are:
a. 0
b. 1
c. 3
d. 7

ANSWER: a. 0

12. In 1488, the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern tip of Africa was rounded by ship, opening trade between the Far East and Europe. The name of the explorer who accomplished this and his country of origin were:
a. Amerigo Vespucci, Italy
b. Francisco Coronado, Spain
c. Sir Frances Drake, England
d. Bartolomeu Dias, Portugal

ANSWER: d. Bartolemeu Dias, Portugal

13. What are the official names for each of the 4 calendar days that begin a season?

ANSWER: Summer and Winter Solstice, Vernal and Atumnal Equinox

14. What is the next number after ‘28’ in the following mathematical sequence?

1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28…

ANSWER: 36

15. Archimedes, Isaac Newton, and Carl Friedrich Gauss are known for their contributions in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
a. Physics
b. Mathematics
c. Geology
d. Astronomy

ANSWER: c. Geology

16. In ballet, what does “echappe” mean?
a. to extend
b. to escape
c. to travel sideways
d. to rotate

18. In what country would you find the Spatsizi Plateau?
a. Italy
b. Finland
c. Argentina
d. Canada

ANSWER: d. Canada

19. Which of the following branches of science is concerned with the study of reptiles?
a. Herpetology
b. Cetology
c. Nematology
d. Apiology

ANSWER: Herpetology

20. Which of the following artists has had seven Number 1 hits on the Billboard weekly pop singles chart?
a. Rod Stewart
b. Phil Collins
c. John Denver
d. Billy Joel

ANSWER: Phil Collins

WINNERS

The first person to correctly answer all questions was…#12 Leah. Wow, Leah—good job. There were some toughies in here.
The randomly selected person from the first 100 players (and who answered all questions correctly ) was…#20 Adam Parker. Great job, Adam!

Both first place winners: contact prizes@thepioneerwoman.com to claim your iPads!

Each of the following three winners correctly answered all questions and were randomly selected to win a $100 Apple Store gift card:

Wow! There are some very big brains out there! I’m impressed and a little jealous😉
Congratulations to the well deserved winners! Cheers!

http://www.thewifeofadairyman.blogspot.com The Wife of a Dairyman

Wow there are some big brains out there! I’m impressed and a little jealous😉
Congratulations to well deserved winners! Cheers!

http://what-we-are-eating.blogspot.com Lori E.

Ahhh!!!! Missed it by 1/2 of a question! Next time, I tell you…

Sally

Congratulations to the winners. I didn’t do to bad. It was fun and I learned a lot. Thank you for such an awesome blog and great give a ways.

http://www.foxhillphoto.blogspot.com Samantha

Congratulations to all–that was a fun quiz.🙂

Laurel

That was HARD!!! Ahh! One of these days, I will get the questions right!

Kimberly Hatch

I like your new site but the type is tiny and hard to read. Any way to fix it?

http://katied.wordpress.com Katie D

Congrats to the winners! Am kicking myself for not double-checking the two answers I missed! Ah well, at least I was in the top 100 this time, and know to double check even the easiest answers next time🙂

Debbie S.S.

Congratulations to all the winners!! #13 got me…I thought it was a trick question🙂 Anyway, I had fun. Thanks, Ree, for the opportunity to play and learn something new, like what “echappe” means!!

that one WAS a toughie! i was for sure i had them all right, i missed 3. hahaha. maybe next time.🙂

good job winners!!!

Rhonda Hernandez

Congratulations to all the winners! Great challenge – I love the blog and all the great homeschool info.

http://www.jenspends.com Jennifer

I make one stupid mistake on every quiz! If I hadn’t been in such a rush I wouldn’t have answered Attila the Hun. Sigh. The iPad eludes me again!

Tina M

That was so stinkin hard. Congrats to all the winners !!

http://www.awakeimages.com Paul Brown

We should do contests like this more often. They are much better than the “just post a comment to enter” contests. I had tons of fun researching and learning those answers.

BB

How about a trivia quiz all about cooking????

Mindi

Grrrr…#9…CONTINENTAL U.S…. Need to slow it down and pay attention. Congrats to the winners!

Mary A.

Missed 1! Aaaarrrrgh! Why didn’t I double check it? I probably wasn’t anywhere close to being in the first 100.
Congrats to the winners – job well done!
Thanks PW for the fun.

Sasha McCracken

It’s an unspoken understanding around these parts that when Ree has a pop quiz….Daddy is on KID DUTY!!
However, he has one request….”Hey Ree, how about a 20 question SPORTS TRIVIA?”
Hey, I told him I’d ask. lol Great fun Ree, the iPad shall soon be mine…….

R.C.

Drat! I got #13 wrong! 😦 Anyway, congrats to the winners!

elembee123

If you’re on a PC and have a scrolling mouse, you can hold down the “Ctrl” key while scrolling up or down w/ your mouse wheel. That will enlarge (or reduce) what you see on screen. (If you have a Mac, sorry…I don’t know what to do there…perhaps someone else who does have one can jump in and help…?)
Hope that helps!

http://theresjustlifeyaliveit.blogspot.com PamelaJo

Yes I got all of them right. Just wish I had won. I could really use the iPad. On the days I can’t sit that long in the office. Ah well, there’s always next time.